Which of the following rights was given to the national government by the "Civil War amendments" to the Constitution?
A. The power to impair obligations of contracts
B. The power to grant titles of nobility
C. The power to regulate interstate commerce
D. The power to abolish state laws that allowed slavery
E. The power to conduct the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote
Answer: D
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Which of the following rights has the Supreme Court found to be one of the penumbra of unstated liberties linked to explicitly stated rights?
a. right to marry b. right to travel c. right to vote d. right to privacy e. right to have a family
A major limiting factor of early newspaper readership was the ______.
a. overall lack of literacy b. public disinterest in political information c. cost of a yearly subscription d. intense amount of competing media
Which of the following statements about executive orders is accurate?
a. Executive orders are permanent and nearly impossible to change. b. Executive orders are not laws because they are confined by the scope of discretion delegated to the President. c. There are few disagreements on whether executive orders fall on the right side or wrong side of the Constitution’s limitations. d. Modern presidents generally do not issue many executive orders because they prefer that Congress pass laws so any decisions are permanent.
Most establishment clause controversies in recent times have dealt with the issue of religion in
A. the military. B. private businesses. C. public accommodations. D. public schools. E. the government.